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REPORT  OF  NEYADA.  STATE  BOARD  -u 

WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS,  1894 


J.    A.   YE^RINGrTON, 


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REPORT 


CARSON,  Nevada,  December  1,  1894. 
To  ffis  Excellency  E.  K.  COLCORD,  Governor  State  of  Nevada. 

SIR  :  In  accordance  with  the  Act  providing  for  an  appropriation 
for  making  an  exhibit  of  the  State's  resources  at  the  World's 
Columbian  Exposition,  held  at  Chicago,  1893,  I  have  the  honor  to 
transmit  to  you  the  report  of  the  State  Board  of  World's  Fair  Com- 
missioners. 

Very  respectfully, 

J.  A.  YERINGTON, 

Chairman. 


REPORT, 


On  March  19,  1890,  the  bill  providing  for  the  World's  Columbian 
Exposition  and  locating  it  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  under  stipulation 
that  ten  million  dollars  would  be  subscribed  by  that  city,  was  intro- 
duced in  Congress.  The  bill  was  passed  by  the  House  March  26, 
1891,  and  April  11,  1891,  passed  the  Senate.  On  April  28th  it  was 
signed  by  the  President  and  became  a  law. 

Immediate  action  was  taken  by  the  Illinois  corporation,  known  as 
''The  World's  Exposition  Company."  Organization  was  completed. 
The  National  organization  organized  June  25th.  July  2d  the 
directory  selected  Jackson  Park  for  the  location  of  the  Exposition. 

This  site  was  ratified  by  the  National  Commission  September  23d. 
The  President  issued  his  proclamation  December  24th,  notifying 
the  nations  of  the  world  the  Exposition  would  be  held  in  Chicago, 
and  inviting  them  to  participate. 

Hon.  George  Russell  of  Elko  and  Hon.  J.  W.  Haines  of  Genoa 
were  appointed  by  the  President  to  represent  Nevada  in  the  National 
Commission.  The  Commissioners  used  every  effort  to  have  the 
Legislature  of  1891  make  an  appropriation  of  $25,000  in  order  to 
make  a  thorough  and  exhaustive  exhibit  of  the  State's  resources. 
However,  no  action  was  taken  until  the  Sixteenth  Session  of  the 
Legislature,  when  an  appropriation  was  made  of  $10,000,  providing 
also  for  the  appointment  of  a  State  Commissioner,  who,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  two  National  Commissioners,  formed  the  State  Board, 
the  lady  Commissioners  and  all  alternates  to  be  ex  officio  members 
of  said  Board. 

Up  to  the  time  of  the  passage  of  the  bill  no  action  on  the  part  of 
the  State  had  been  taken  towards  collecting  an  exhibit. 

March  10th  the  Governor  appointed  J.  A.  Yerington  of  Esmeralda 
County  to  represent  the  State.  On  March  15th  a  meeting  of  the 
State  Board  of  Commissioners  with  ex  officio  members  present  was 
held  at  the  Governor's  Office  at  Carson. 

Present — Hon.  J.  W.  Haines,  Hon.  George  Russell,  J.  A.  Yer- 
ington. 

Ex  officio  members — Hon.  Enoch  Strother,  Hon.  R.  Ryland, 
Mrs.  M.  D.  Foley,  Miss  Lida  Russell,  Miss  J.  Torreyson,  Miss  M. 
E.  Davies  (by  proxy) . 

J.  A.  Yerington  was  elected  Chairman  and  Secretary  pro  tem.  of 
the  meeting,  and  the  Bank  of  Nevada  (Reno)  Treasurer. 


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Matters  appertaining  to  the  collecting  of  an  exhibit  were  fully 
discussed.  Five  hundred  dollars  was  appropriated  from  the  general 
fund,  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Lady  Board  of  Commissioners 
for  the  purpose  of  collecting  and  maintaining  an  exhibit  in  the 
Woman's  Building.  The  State  Board  of  Examiners  were  requested 
to  draw  a  warrant  upon  the  State  Treasury  for  $5,000,  the  same  to 
be  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  Commission. 

The  following  circular  appealing  to  the  citizens  to  co-operate  in 
assisting  to  collect  an  exhibit  that  would  prove  worthy  of  due  recog- 
nition, was  incorporated  in  the  minutes  and  2,000  copies  ordered 
printed,  to  be  mailed  to  all  sections  of  the  State : 

OFFICE  OF  THE  NEVADA  STATE  BOARD,  ^ 

WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS,  V 

CARSON  CITY,  Nevada,  March  15,  1893.      j 

The  Sixteenth  Session  of  the  Nevada  Legislature  made  an  appro- 
priation of  $10,000  for  the  purpose  of  making  an  exhibit  of  the 
resources  of  the  State  at  the  Columbian  World's  Fair,  to  be  held  in 
Chicago,  1893. 

The  Governor  appointed  a  commission  of  three  to  represent 
Nevada's  interests.  At  a  meeting  held  in  Carson  by  them  this  day, 
it  was  resolved  to  make  an  appeal  to  the  citizens  of  Nevada  to  the 
end  that  they  would  use  every  effort  to  assist  the  Commissioners  in 
making  a  most  creditable  showing.  The  time  being  limited,  it  will 
be  necessary  for  immediate  action,  as  exhibits  will  have  to  reach 
Chicago  by  the  20th  of  April.  As  many  sections  of  the  State  will 
be  visited  by  a  Commissioner  as  the  limited  time  will  permit. 

Exhibits  from  Storey,  Ormsby,  Washoe,  Douglas,  Churchill, 
Lyon  and  Esmeralda  counties  can  be  forwarded  to  Reno ;  exhibits 
from  Lander,  Nye  and  Humboldt  counties  to  Winnemucca; 
exhibits  from  White  Pine,  Eureka  and  Elko  counties  to  Elko,  and 
exhibits  from  Lincoln  county  may  be  sent  to  Ogden. 

J.  A.  YERINGTON, 
Chairman  World's  Fair  Commissioners. 

This  was  accomplished  two  days  later,  with  a  result  that  proved 
most  gratifying  to  the  commission. 

During  the  next  thirty  days  every  part  of  the  State  that  could  be 
conveniently  reached  by  rail  was  visited,  and  as  the  disposition  of 
the  citizens  was  to  extend  their  aid  in  making  a  splendid  showing, 
the  result  of  their  efforts  bespoke  for  itself. 

On  the  15th  day  of  April  the  exhibit  was  forwarded,  arriving  in 
Chicago  on  the  22d.  In  the  meantime  the  Director-General,  Chiefs 
of  the  Departments,  viz :  Mines  and  Mining,  Agriculture,  Ethnology 
and  Woman's  Building,  had  been  appealed  to  for  space.  On 
arriving  at  Chicago  the  Commission  found  much  to  contend  with, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  space  prominently  situated  had  been  reserved, 


but  upon  ascertaining  Nevada  did  not  intend  to  make  an  exhibit, 
the  time  for  limitation  having  expired,  and  the  National  Com- 
missioners not  being  able  to  guarantee  an  appropriation  from  the 
forthcoming  Legislature,  the  space  was  allotted  to  other  exhibitors. 

This  made  the  situation  a  most  trying  one.  The  management 
had  expressed  their  gratification  on  ascertaining  the  State,  although 
at  the  last  hour,  had  decided  to  participate  in  the  great  fair,  and  the 
Commissioners  took  advantage  of  every  opportunity  in  having  this 
appreciation  fully  shown,  with  the  result  that  the  State  procured 
space  in  each  department  where  the  exhibit  had  been  consigned. 

Nevada  had  no  State  building.  North  Carolina,  Oregon  and 
Wyoming  were  the  only  States  similarly  situated. 

Our  mining  exhibit  appropriately  deserved  space  among  the  most 
prominent  exhibitors  of  the  world  on  the  main  floor  of  the  Mining 
Building,  but  2,500  square  feet  of  space  had  to  be  procured  on  the 
west  gallery,  with  additional  space  in  Groups  48  and  51  on  the  east 
gallery  for  competitive  displays  of  the  chemical  and  building  stone 
exhibits.  The  weight  of  the  mining  exhibit  was  confined  to  eighty 
pounds  to  the  square  foot  on  the  galleries.  Through  Idaho's  misfor- 
tune in  losing  a  great  part  of  its  agricultural  exhibit  by  fire  whilst  in 
transit,  the  State  was  enabled  to  procure  enough  space  to  make  a 
most  creditable  exhibit,  prominently  situated  in  Section  C,  sur- 
rounded by  the  exhibits  of  New  Jersey,  Wyoming,  Colorado  and 
Utah,  with  California  and  Ontario  close  neighbors.  Nevada's  booth 
occupying  a  space  thirty  feet  square,  deorated  artistically  with 
choice  grains  and  grasses,  the  large  arches  draped  with  salmon- 
colored  silk  curtains,  had  in  its  center  a  pyramid  six  feet  square  at 
its  base  and  rising  ten  feet  high,  the  top  surmounted  by  a  large 
sheaf  of  Chinese  oats,  the  remainder  being  covered  with  a  display  of 
forty  varieties  of  choice  cereals  neatly  arranged  in  redwood  boxes 
covered  with  glass,  a  card  giving  the  name  of  each  variety  ;  a  display 
of  twenty-nine  varieties  of  apples  and  ten  varieties  of  pears  arranged 
and  classified  according  to  the  rules  governing  the  Department  of 
Horticulture,  with  trimmings  of  silver  molding  on  olive  green  cloth 
and  the  word  "Nevada"  in  large  silver  letters  on  each  side  at  the 
base,  created  much  admiration.  Eight  frames  of  black  velvet 
encased  in  a  deep  molding  of  silver,  fifty  by  sixty  inches  in  size  and 
mounted  on  Japanese  easels,  were  covered  with  forty  varieties  of 
grains  in  sheaf,  illustrating  the  growth  and  corresponding  with  each 
variety  as  represented  in  the  redwood  boxes  on  the  pyramid.  One 
corner  of  the  booth  was  devoted  to  an  exhibit  of  alfalfa,  timothy, 
redtop  and  grasses,  also  showing  three  crops  of  alfalfa  from  one  acre 
during  the  previous  season.  Adjoining,  an  exhibit  of  potatoes,  soine 
fifteen  varieties,  one  weighing  5|  pounds,  created  no  little  interest. 
An  exhibit  of  cheese  (that  was  freely  sampled)  and  vegetables  occu- 
pied the  remaining  space.  Chairs  were  placed  conveniently  for  the 
visitors.  The  floors  having  been  kept  polished,  the  effect  when  the 
bright  light  from  the  glass  roof  penetrated  the  booth  was  a  most 


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pleasing  one.  The  Seal  of  State  in  bright  colors  surmounted  the 
two  main  entrances.  By  the  employment  of  quite  a  force  of  artisans 
the  booth  was  completed  in  the  short  space  of  eleven  days.  On  pre- 
senting the  same  in  the  name  of  the  State  to  the  Department  of 
Agriculture,  Chief  Buchannan  remarked,  "as  he  did  not  expect 
anything  from  arid  Nevada  in  the  agricultural  line  he  felt  disposed 
to  allot  gallery  space,  but  upon  examining  her  surprising  exhibit  he 
conceded  it  worthy  of  the  most  prominent  space  in  the  department." 

Later  on  an  exhibit  of  flour,  honey,  figs,  almonds  and  grapes 
were  received,  the  latter  three,  six  weeks  ahead  of  '  California, 
having  been  conveved  sixty  miles  from  Rioville,  Lincoln  county,  to 
the  nearest  railway  station,  Kingman,  Arizona. 

The  Commissioners  took  great  pride  in  bringing  this  exhibit  to  the 
notice  of  the  National  and  Executive  Boards,  who,  together  with  the 
most  prominent  visitors  at  the  Fair,  expressed  great  surprise  at 
Nevada's  possibilities. 

This  exhibit  fully  demonstrated  the  benefits  of  irrigation,  and  no 
doubt  proved  an  object  lessons  to  many  of  the  older  States.  It  was 
of  common  accurreiice  to  have  a  party  return  the  second  and  third 
time,  bringing  his  neighbors  along  to  discuss  the  exhibit,  and  it  was 
regretted  the  Commission  did  not  have  the  necessary  literature  at  its 
command  to  distribute,  as  the  demand  for  it  was  great. 

The  exhibit  of  soils  thoroughly  analyzed,  and  obtained  from  the 
best  agricultural  sections  of  the  State,  was  placed  by  the  United 
States  Experimental  Exhibit  in  the  Agricultural  Department,  the 
attention  of  those  seeking  information  was  called  to  it  by  the  Com- 
missioners. 

Professor  N.  E.  Wilson,  Station  Chemist  of  the  State  University, 
was  for  some  time  in  charge  of  the  exhibit,  and  Nevada's  interests 
were  in  splendid  hands  and  well  cared  for. 

The  exhibits  from  the  Experimental  Station  of  the  State  Uni- 
versity, prepared  by  Professor  R.  H.  McDowell,  reflected  great 
credit,  and  tended  to  fully  illustrate  the  benefits  the  State  is  obtain- 
ing through  his  efforts. 

Professor  Brown  prepared  the  mechanical  part  of  the  exhibit  and 
Professor  Jackson  the  mineral. 

The  fifth  annual  report  of  the  Nevada  Experimental  Station  for 
1892,  together  with  separate  reports  on  beet  culture  and  dairy 
products,  were  freely  distributed  to  those  directly  interested. 

The  exhibit  in  the  Ethnological  Building  consisted  of  the  sup- 
posed human  footprints  and  fossils  from  the  quarry  at  the  Nevada 
State  Prison,  Carson.  The  space  allotted  on  the  west  gallery  was 
19x40  feet.  In  order  to  illustrate  the  exhibit,  the  platform  raised 
six  inches  from  the  floor  was  covered  with  canvas,  upon  which  was 
reproduced  the  tracks  of  the  supposed  man,  elephant,  horse,  tanta- 
lus (or  wading  bird)  and  saber-tooth  tiger.  This  reproduction  was 
from  the  reports  of  Professors  Harkness,  Le  Conte  and  Davidson, 
with  surveys  and  maps  by  Dray  ton  Gibbs,  C.  E.  Although  not 


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conforming  geographically  with  the  originals,  as  to  size,  step  and 
straddle  they  were  perfect.  The  originals  were  placed  at  one  end  of 
the  platform,  and  a  glass  case  contained  the  smaller  and  most 
valuable  relics.  The  entire  exhibit  was  surrounded  by  a  railing 
three  feet  high,  from  which  were  suspended  large  bromide  pictures 
that  fully  illustrated  the  position  of  the  tracks,  tunnels  and  height 
of  the  surrounding  walls.  Small  maps  illustrating  the  course  and 
number  of  each  series  were  on  the  west  wall,  and  quotations  from 
eminent  scientists  were  freely  posted,  giving  their  views  in  full 
regarding  the  origin  of  this  interesting  exhibit.  The  comments  of 
scientists  and  the  press  were  of  daily  occurrence,  and  as  one  German 
scientist  stated,  "  Nevada  had  produced  the  stumbling  block  of  the 
World's  Fair." 

Of  the  remaining  two  thousand  exhibits  in  that  building  there 
was  no  questioning  their  originality. 

Nearly  every  museum  of  note  made  application  for  this  exhibit 
in  case  of  its  disposition. 

Nevada  was  represented  by  a  very  choice  exhibit  of  hand-painted 
china  and  needlework  in  the  Woman's  Building,  under  the  able 
management  of  the  Lady  Commissioners,  with  Miss  Annie  Ware  in 
charge.  It  was  much  admired  and  commented  upon. 

Returning  to  the  Mining  Exhibit,  one  was  not  accosted  with  the 
remark  :  "Was  it  actually  produced  in  Nevada"  ?  The  State,  having 
become  known  to  the  world  as  the  producer  of  some  eight  hundred 
million  ($800,000,000)  dollars  in  gold,  silver,  and  other  precious 
minerals  and  chemicals,  it  was  not  necessary  to  corroborate  the 
reports  fully  illustrating  the  exhibit.  Having  become  conversant 
with  the  surrounding  exhibits  of  the  mineral-producing  States  and 
countries,  the  Commissioners  had  no  hesitancy  in  showing  that  no 
other  corresponding  area  could  reproduce  Nevada's  exhibit.  Min- 
erologists  took  a  lively  interest  in  it  and  considered  our  natural 
chemical  resources  wonderful.  Having  submitted  every  article  in 
the  laboratory  of  the  Department  of  Mines  the  Commissioners  had 
the  gratification  of  seeing  fourteen  highest  medals  awarded. 

It  can  be  safely  averred  that  no  other  one  exhibit  in  any  depart- 
ment at  the  great  Exposition  had  a  corresponding  number  of  medals 
attributed  to  it.  This  was  freely  commented  upon. 

Universities  of  all  countries  were  furnished  with  samples  from 
this  exhibit,  thoroughly  advertising  Nevada's  resources  in  that  line. 
Although  the  State,  owing  to  the  short  space  of  time  allotted  to  the 
Commissioners,  did  not  have  an  exhibit  that  was  massive  in  its  pro- 
portions, it  had  one  fully  representative  of  its  mining  interests, 
showing  ore  from  the  surface  to  the  deepest  point  in  the  world  (3200 
foot  level  of  the  Hale  and  Norcross  Mine,  great  Comstock  Lode) 
from  which  ore  perpendicularly  had  ever  been  extracted. 

The  following  list,  as  catalogued,  comprises  the  Mineral  Exhibit, 
showing  both  State  and   individual  exhibitors :     Groups  42,  46,  51 
and  54  were  classified  as  State  exhibits ;  Groups  44  and  48  State  and 
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individual  combined,  this  being  done  in  order  to  give  the  State  the 
benefit  of  having  produced  the  same. 

Exhibit  HE,  Classification  No.  290,  was  a  special  exhibit  made 
by  E.  G.  Morrison  and  Dr.  Snyder  of  Eureka,  comprising  some 
8,000  specimens  of  the  world.  This  exhibit  was  valued  at  $20,000. 

Exhibit  No.  9,  Classification  No.  290,  was  a  special  exhibit  of  sil- 
ver and  lead  ores  from  White  Pine  county,  made  by  Messrs.  Wren 
and  Grandelmyer. 

Group   42. 

Churchill  County — Nickel  and  cobalt  ores. 

Douglas  County — Placer  gold,  gold  in  quartz. 

Elko  County — Carbonate  lead  ore,  magnetic  iron,  native  lead, 
oxide  of  iron,  gold  and  silver  in  iron  ores,  sulphuret  silver  ore,  shale. 

Esmeralda  County — Oxide  iron  ore,  native  iron,  pyrites  of  iron, 
gold  and  silver  in  copper  ores,  bromide  silver,  chloride  silver,  car- 
bonate of  iron  containing  gold,  silver  and  lead,  native  gold  in 
quartz,  wire  gold  in  crystals,  native  gold  in  iron  ore,  native  gold  in 
calcite,  native  silver  in  manganese,  wire  silver  in  calcite.  wire  silver 
in  iron,  native  silver,  gold  and  silver  in  carbonate  lead  ores,  chloride 
of  silver  ores,  antimonial  silver  ores,  horn  silver,  native  turquois, 
viriscite,  magnetic  iron  ores,  black  metal,  sulphide  of  silver  in  iron 
ore  containing  horn  silver  and  black  metal,  bromide  of  silver  ore, 
gold  and  silver  lead  ore,  carbonate  of  lead,  molybdate  of  lead, 
galena,  native  lead  ores. 

Eureka  County — Gold,  silver  and  lead  ores. 

Humboldt  County — Sulphuret  silver  ores,  iron  ores,  antimonial 
ores  and  sulphur. 

Lander  County — Ruby  silver  ores,  gold  and  silver  in  copper  ore, 
gold  and  silver  in  quartz,  oxide  including  silicate  of  copper,  sul- 
phuret lead  ores,  carbonate  of  lead  ores,  native  lead  ore. 

Nevada,  State  of — Antimonial  ores,  antimonial  argentiferous 
ores,  carbonate  ores,  sulphuret  antimonial  lead  ores,  magnetic  iron 
ores,  oxide  of  iron,  carbonate  of  iron,  nickel  and  cobalt  ores, 
cinnabar,  silicate,  zinc  ores,  argentiferous  lead  ores,  sulphuret  ores 
containing  gold  and  silver,  ruby  silver,  gold  and  silver  in  carbonate 
ores,  carbonate  of  lead,  sulphide  of  lead,  argentiferous  pyrites,  anti- 
monial silver  ores,  chloride  of  silver  ores,  horn  silver,  black  metal, 
wire  silver,  native  gold,  wire  gold,  placer  gold,  wire  gold  in  manga- 
nese, wire  silver  in  manganese,  copper  ores,  gypsum,  arsenical 
ore,  sulphur,  pyrites  containing  52.5  per  cent,  sulphur,  alum,  black 
oxide  of  manganese,  asbestos,  mica,  coal,  aluminum,  garnets, 
white  topaz,  turquoise,  viriscite,  agates,  tourmaline  crystals,  sulphur 
and  cinnabar  combined. 

Nye  County — Carbonate  of  lead  ores,  magnetic  iron  ores,  sulphide 
of  lead,  gold  in  quartz,  flake  silver  ore,  gold  and  silver  ores. 

Ormsby  County — Magnetic  iron,  gold  in  quartz,  white  topaz, . 
pyrites  of  iron  containing  52. 5  per  cent,  sulphur. 

Storey  County — Sulphuret  gold  and  silver  ores. 


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Washoe  County — Cinnabar,  quicksilver,  arsenical  ore  carrying 
alumina,  iron  ores,  copper  ores. 

White  Pine  County — Native  lead  ores,  zinc  ore,  gold  and  silver 
lead  ores,  native  silver  ores,  gold  and  silver  in  quartz. 

Lyon  County — Native  gold  in  quartz,  copper  ore. 

Douglas  County — Native  gold  in  quartz,  native  gold  in  manga- 
nese, native  gold  in  calcite,  placer  gold. 

Group  44. 

Elko  County — Marble. 
Esmeralda  County — Breccia. 

Linsey,  W.  E.,  Carson — Alabaster,  sandstone,  onyx,  white  marble, 
sky-blue  marble,  creole  marble. 

Group   46. 

Elko  County — Asbestos. 

Elko  County — Native  mineral  soap. 

Lincoln  County — Mica. 

Group   48. 

Aluminum  Lustre  Company,  Hawthorne — Silica  natural  and 
ground. 

Conn  &  Trudo — Borax,  refined  and  crystals,  tincal  and  soda  ash. 

Columbus  Borax  Company — Borax. 

Pacific  Borax  Company — Borate  of  lime. 

Griswold,  E. ,  Ragtown — Soda  (unfurnaced). 

Inyo  Development  Company,  Carson — Natural  soda  water,  car- 
bonate of  soda,  bicarbonate  of  soda,  and  natural  soda  crystals. 

State  of  Nevada — Salts,  sulphur,  borax,  borate  of  lime,  soda  (car- 
bonate and  bicarbonate),  tincal. 

Occidental  Alkali  Company,  Hawthorne — Salt,  soda,  soda  ash, 
native  carbonate  of  soda. 

Nevada  Salt  and  Borax  Company,  Rhodes — Salts,  borax  (crystals 
and  refined),  borate  of  lime,  tincal. 

Washoe  County — Sulphur. 

Alex.  Wise,  Winnemucca — Sulphur  (native  and  refined). 

D.  Bonelli,  Rioville — Rock  salt. 

Group  51. 

Douglas  County — Oxide  copper  ore. 

Elko  County — Copper  ores. 

Esmeralda  County — Native  copper,  sulphide  of  copper,  oxide  of 
copper,  carbonate  of  copper. 

State  of  Nevada — Carbonate  of  copper,  native  copper,  sulphide  of 
copper,  oxide  of  copper. 

Nye  County — Native  and  carbonates  of  copper. 


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WORLD  S    FAIR    COMMISSIONERS. 


Group  54. 

Humboldt  County — Antimony. 
Lander  County — Antimony. 
Nye  County — Antimony. 

Group  61. 

William  Wilson,  Pine  Grove — Improved  miner's  pick. 

The  following  table  shows  the  appropriations  made  by  the  differ- 
ent States  and  Territories,  the  cost  of  building,  including  furniture, 
and  the  amounts  received  from  sale  of  buildings.  At  the  time  of 
writing  this  report  several  of  the  State  buildings  had  not  been  sold : 


.  States. 

Appropriations  _  ._  _. 

Cost  of  State  Building, 
Including  Furniture- 

Amount  Realized  from 
Sale  of  Buildings  

States. 

Appropriations  _  

Cost  of  State  Building, 
Including  Furniture. 

Amount  Realized  from 
Sale  of  Buildings  

Arkansas  _      

$25,000 

§16,500 

Nebraska 

$85,000 

$20,000 

$75 

Arizona 

30,000 

Nevada 

10,000 

Colorado 

147,000 

32,000 

$300 

North  Carolina 

36  000 

Connecticut 

70000 

15,000 

New  Jersey 

130  000 

20  000 

2  000 

California.     _     ___. 

510,000 

115,000 

500 

New  York   __ 

600,000 

150,000 

1,000 

Delaware 

21,700 

9,500 

North  Dakota 

49,100 

12,500 

150 

Florida 

10,000 

100 

New  Mexico 

32,000 

Indiana 

12~5,000 

57,162 

1,200 

Ohio 

189,000 

35  000 

1  650 

Iowa        _  -__     _-     _ 

138,096 

40,000 

Oregon    _____ 

60,000 

Illinois  

800,000 

240,000 

1,650 

Oklahoma  _ 

17,500 

11,090 

Idaho 

50,000 

28,000 

New  Mexico 

32,000 

Kentucky 

100,000 

27,951 

250 

Arizona 

30,000 

Kansas 

65  000 

24000 

200 

Pennsylvania 

300  000 

121,100 

2  600 

Louisiana  .  -. 

40,000 

23,000 

500 

Rhode  Island  __ 

50,000 

11,000 

Michigan  __  

147,000 

60,620 

South  Dakota 

65.000 

17,000 

76 

Minnesota 

150,000 

39,000 

275 

Utah 

53,000 

12,000 

200 

Massachusetts 

175,000 

44,000 

Vermont 

30,000 

14,750 

97 

Maine 

59000 

32  ObO 

Virginia 

33,000 

20,000 

400 

Missouri 

150  000 

45  000 

350 

\Vashington 

160  000 

60000 

Maryland 

60,000 

25,000 

450 

West  Virginia  _ 

60,250 

22,070 

950 

Montana 

100,000 

19,200 

350 

Wisconsin 

165,000 

38,080 

1,680 

New  Hampshire 

45  000 

20,000 

100 

Wyoming 

30,000 

OFFICE    NEVADA    STATE   BOARD   WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS,  \ 
JACKSON  PARK,   111.,   September  10,   1893.  / 

Hon.  WM.  IRELAN,  JR.,  Judge  on  Board  of  Awards,  Department  E, 
Mines  and  Mining  Building,  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Jackson 
Park,  III: 

DEAR  SIR:  I  herewith  submit  to  your  consideration  the  certi- 
fied copies,  after  careful  and  thorough  analysis  in  the  official  labora- 
tory of  this  department,  of  the  native  and  refined  products  of  the 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS.  13 

State  of  Nevada,   as  exhibited  in  Group  48,  Department  E,  of  the 
Mines  and  Mining  Building. 

These  products  all  being  of  such  an  important  nature  to  the 
future  welfare  of  the  State,  I  have  had  no  hesitancy  in  placing  them 
on  exhibit  in  competition  with  the  world,  and  to  that  end  have 
endeavored  to  show  them  as  they  exist  from  the  natural  soil  and 
lakes  to  the  refinery.  Probably  a  few  remarks  as  to  the  importance 
of  each  will  be  in  keeping  with  this  report. 

EXHIBIT  NO.  21. 

Aluminum  Lustre,  exhibited  by  the  Silex  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany of  Hawthorne.  Analysis  as  follows : 

Silica,  natural  and  ground  (native) 91.43  per  cent. 

Alumina 6.49  per  cent. 

Protoxide  of  iron 1.29  per  cent. 

Magnesia 0.79  per  cent. 

This  remarkable  deposit  exists  in  a  ledge  reported  thirty  feet 
wide,  being  free  from  grit  and  foreign  matter  detrimental  to  its  use 
as  a  polishing  compound.  It  is  being  placed  upon  the  market. 

BORAX. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  enumerate  the  many  uses  to  which  this 
product  is  adapted.  The  deposits  are  quite  extensive  and  have  a 
great  commercial  value.  The  certified  analyses  show  the  quality  of 
both  the  native  and  refined  as  follows  : 

Columbus  Borax  Company,  Columbus. 
Concentrated  borax 99.01  per  cent,  pure 

(  Alkali 11.56  per  cent. 

Crude  borax  <  Sodium  bi-borate 28.75  per  cent. 

(Water 27.75  per  cent. 

Nevada  Salt  and  Borax  Company. 

Concentrated  borax __T 99.10  per  cent,  pure 

Native  tincal 97.09  per  cent. 

Conn  &  Trudo. 
Concentrated  borax 99.72  percent,  pure 

Sodas  and  salts  are  extensively  manufactured.  The  exhibit  of 
the  Occidental  Alkali  Company  of  natural  carbonate  of  soda  proved 
it  to  be  remarkable,  the  analysis  showing  90.50  per  cent.  The  same 
company  exhibit  soda  ash  (crude)  62.78  per  cent.,  manufactured 
soda  91.90  per  cent.  Their  works  are  situated  on  a  marsh  about 
three  miles  from  the  line  of  railroad  in  Esmeralda  county. 

The  Nevada  Salt  and  Borax  Company  exhibit  table,  dairy  and 


14  WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

milling  salt,  the  analysis  of  which  has  not  been  submitted  by  the 
chemist  but  will  be  ready  in  course  of  a  few  days. 

D.  Bonelli  of  Rioville,  Lincoln. county,  exhibits  native  rock  salt 
of  which  there  is  reported  to  be  a  very  extensive  deposit.  The  analysis 
proves  it  remarkable,  viz :  Insoluble  matter,  .  025  per  cent.  ;  no 
lime,  no  magnesia;  moisture,  .005  per  cent.  ;  no  sulphates;  99.925 
per  cent.  pure. 

The  Inyo  Development  Company  of  Carson,  operating  at  Owens 
Lake,  makes  a  special  exhibit  of  natural  soda  water.  The  latest 
report  of  the  United  States  Government  estimates  20,0000,000  tons 
as  the  capacity  of  the  lake,  making  it  inexhaustible.  Analysis 
proves  the  water  to  contain  : 

Carbonate  of  soda  (per  gallon) 1,026.82  grains 

Bicarbonate  of  soda  (per  gallon 1,150.84  grains 

Carbonate  of  soda  from  precipitation 69.43  per  cent. 

Bicarbonate  of  soda,  manufactured 98. 24  per  cent. 

24.— A.  WISE,  HUMBOLDT  COUNTY— SULPHUR. 

The  report  made  by  the  State  Government  (p.  106  Report  Sur- 
veyor-General):  "These  sulphur  mines  exist  in  beds  from  seven  to 
ten  feet  in  thickness,  and  are  mined  similar  to  beds  of  coal." 

The  analysis  proves  it'almost  pure  in  its  native  state,  99.526  per 
cent. 

Non-volatile  mineral  matter .058  per  cent.;  no  arsenic. 

Non-volatile  organic  matter .016  per  cent.;  no  sulphuric  acid. 

Moisture .41  per  cent.;  no  chloride. 

The  exhibit  of  natural  mineral  soap  is  one  that  has  created  no 
little  interest,  and  owing  to  the  fact  that  it  has  the  appearance  of 
mottled  castile  soap,  it  has  been  utilized  for  commercial  use,  giving 
in  result  all  that  is  required  of  the  best  soaps.  The  mine  is  situated 
'in  Elko  county,  has  a  perfect  ledge,  a  tunnel  traversing  it  on  its 
pitch  some  distance  into  the  mountain.  The  samples  submitted  are 
perfectly  free  from  any  animal  matter  whatsoever,  the  analysis 
proving  this  to  be  the  case,  viz  : 

Sand,  5.55  per  cent. 

Clay,  62.97— Silica  46. 15, iron  and  alu.  14.73,CaO  0.40,  MgOl.81. 
Soluble  in  hydro  acid,  16.61 — Oxide  iron  and  aiu.  10.53,  CaCo3 
5.18,  MgCo3  0.^90. 

Alkalies,  14.87 — Sodium  borate,  sodium  carb,  sodium  sulph. 
In  finally  closing  this  report  I  would  like  to  show  the  importance 
of  the  salt,  soda  and  borax  industry  in  Nevada  by  quoting  the  report 
of  the  Assessor  of  one  county,  viz :  Esmeralda,  in  which  he  enumer- 
ates 210,980  tons  produced,  with  gross  yield  or  value  f 2,370, 032; 
net  profit,  $448,649  30. 

Most  respectfully, 

J.  A.  YERINGTON, 
Chairman  Nevada  State  Board. 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS.  15 

AWARDS. 


The  following  list  of  awards  is  copied  from  the  original  certified 
list  as  signed  by  the  Chief  of  Awards  in  the  different  departments, 
under  approval  of  the  various  Boards  and  approved  by  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Executive  Committee  on  Awards : 

Agricultural   Department,    A. 

GROUP  1. 

Reno  Flour  Mill,  Reno — Flour. 
State  of  Nevada — Barley,  millet,  oats,  seeds,  grasses,  wheat,  corn. 

GROUP  3. 

State  of  Nevada — Sorghum. 
E.  A.  Moore,  Reno — Honey. 

GROUP  4. 

H.  C.  Wilmings,  Lemoille  Valley — Potatoes. 
W.  H.  Joy,  Reno — Potatoes. 

E.  Odells,  Elko— Potatoes. 

F.  Drowns,  Elko — Potatoes. 

GROUP  7. 

Reno  Creamery,  Reno — Cheese. 
Theo.  Winters,  Washoe — Cheese. 

GROUP  15. 
Multimotor  Company,  Reno — Windmill. 

The  foregoing  list  of  awards  to  exhibitors  from  Nevada  has  been 
carefully  compared  with  the  records  of  this  department,  and  is 
found  to  be  correct. 

(Signed:)  J.   S.   BROWNING, 

March  30,  1894.  Chief  of  Awards  for  Agriculture. 


Horticulture,  Department  B. 

GROUP   21. 

State  of  Nevada — Apples  and  pears. 

The  foregoing  list  of  awards  to  exhibitors  from  Nevada  has  been 
carefully  compared  with  the  records  of  this  department  and  is 
correct. 

(Signed:)  HENRY  HOLZAPFEL,  JR., 

Chief  of  Awards,  Department  Horticulture. 
February  27,  1894. 


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Department  E,  Mines  and  Mining. 

GROUP   42. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  following  awards  have  been  made 
by  the  Board  of  Judges  of  the  Department  of  Mines  and  Mining  at 
the  Columbian  Exposition  : 

NEVADA. 

Grandelmyer,  Joseph,  Hamilton — Ores  from  White  Pine  county. 
Morrison,  E.  G.,  Eureka — Mineral  collection. 
State  of  Nevada — Mineral  collection. 
Humboldt  County — Antimonial  ores. 
Lander  County — Ruby  silver  ores. 

GROUP   44. 
Lindsey,  W.  E. ,  Carson — Sky-blue  marble. 

GROUP   48. 

State  of  Nevada — Sodas,  salts,  etc. 

Inyo  Development  Company,  Carson — Natural  soda  water,  carb. 
and  bicarb,  soda. 

Occidental  Alkali  Company,  Hawthorne — Soda  ash  (unground). 

Columbus  Borax  Company,  Columbus — Borax. 

Conn  &  Trudo — Saline,  tincal,  borax  from  precipitation. 

Wise,  A. ,  Winnemucca — Sulphur,  native  and  refined. 

Silex  Manufacturing  Company,  Hawthorne — Aluminum  lustre. 

Nevada  Salt  and  Borax  Company,  Rhodes — Refined  borax. 

Bonelli,  D. ,  Rioville — Rock  salt. 

Inyo  Development  Company — Natural  soda  crystals. 

Occidental  Alkali  Company,  Hawthorne — Soda,  native  and 
refined. 

Booher  &  Alberti,  Elko — Natural  mineral  soap. 

GROUP  61. 
Wilson  William,  Pine  Grove — Improved  miners'  pick. 

The  foregoing  list  of  awards  to  exhibitors  from  Nevada  has  been 
carefully  compared  with  the  records  of  this  department,  and  is 
correct. 

(Signed:)  F.   R.   GAMMON, 

Chief  of  Department  Mines  and  Mining. 

February  20,  1894. 


Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  following  awards  have  been 
made  by  the  Board  of  Judges  of  the  Department  of  Manufacture  at 
the  Columbian  Exposition  : 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS.  17 

NEVADA. 
GROUP  91. 
Bray,  Miss  Ollie,  Carson — Decorated  china. 

GROUP  106. 
Mills,  Mrs.  George  T.,  Carson — Embroidered  tea-cloth. 

The  foregoing  list  of  awards  to  the  exhibitors  from  Nevada  has 
been  carefully  compared  with  the  records  of  this  department,  and  is 
correct. 
*    (Signed:)  F.   K.   GAMMON, 

Chief  of  the  Department  of  Manufactures. 

February  17,  1394. 


NEVADA. 

ETHNOLOGY. 
State  of  Nevada — Fossil  footprints  from  Carson. 

The  foregoing  list  of  awards  to  exhibitors  from  Nevada  has  been 
carefully  compared  with  the  records  of  this  department,  and  is 
correct. 

(Signed  :)  H.  W.  CANNON, 

February  17,  1894.  Chief  of  the  Department  of  Ethnology. 

The  foregoing  list  will  show  the  relative  merit  of  Nevada's  exhibit, 
having  been  ratified  by  the  Board  of  Awards,  consisting  of  44  mem- 
bers in  each  department,  after  having  been  carefully  examined  by 
the  committee  appointed  as  individual  judges. 


Department   A,  Agriculture. 
Exhibitor — E.  A.  Moore,  Reno,  Nevada. 

GROUP  3,  CLASS  26. 
Exhibit — Honey. 

AWARD. 

Extracted  honey — Exceptionally  high  excellence,  its  specific  grav- 
ity being  entirely  satisfactory,  its  flavor  all  that  can  be  desired,  and 
the  color  remarkably  good. 

Honey  in  comb — Fine  appearance  of  comb  and  contents. 
(Signed :)  EUGENE  SECOR, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     GEORGE  C.  TAYLOR, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated.  April  23,11894. 
3-w 


18  WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

Department  A,  Agriculture. 
State  of  Nevada — Reno  Flour  Mills,  Reno. 
GROUP  1,  CLASS  11. 
AWARD. 

Purity,  good  color  and  strength,  well  milled. 

(Signed:)  GEORGE  H.  PARKS, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     N.  B.  CRITCHFIELD, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  Bo  YD  TH  ACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  19,  1894. 


Department  A,  Agriculture. 

Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  1,  CLASS  4. 
Exhibit — Wheat,  oats,  barley,  timothy  and  grasses. 

AWARD. 

Yield,  weight  and  general  excellence  of  the  different  kinds  and 
varieties.  The  exhibit  comprises  black  barley,  white  sage,  fricks 
and  smooth  hulless  barley,  white,  Dutch  and  Chinese  oats,  golden 
millet,  Jerusalem  corn,  bunch  grass,  baled  timothy,  alfalfa,  grasses, 
lentils,  canary  seed,  Chili  wheat,  Australian  wheat,  Polish  wheat 
and  Folger's  early  sorghum. 

(Signed  :)  GEORGE  C.  TAYLOR, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  by :     G.  C.  TAYLOR, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  by :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  of  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  August  21,  1894. 


Department    B,   Horticulture. 
Exhibitor— State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  21,  CLASS  133. 
Exhibit — Pomaceous  fruits. 

AWARD. 
A  fine  display  of  twenty-nine  varieties  of  apples  and  ten  varieties 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS.  19 

of  pears,  all  of  good  size,  beautifully  colored,  free  from  blemish  es- 
and  in  every  respect  rating  high.     This  surprising  exhibit  graphic, 
ally  illustrates  the  horticultural  possibilities  of  the  State  of  Nevada. 
(Signed  :)  E.  F.  BABCOCK, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved :     B.  STARRATT, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  of  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  March  21,  1894. 


Department  E,  Mines  and  Mining. 
Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  42,  CLASS  290. 
Exhibit — Mineral  collection. 

AWARD. 

A  very  important  and  instructive  exhibit,  showing  a  complete 
and  beautiful  collection  of  one  of  the  most  important  silver  and  gold 
mining  sections  in  the  world. 

(Signed:)  CELSO  CAPACCI, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Departmental  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  June  4,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  42,  CLASS  291. 
Exhibit — Sulphuret  gold  and  silver  ores. 

AWARD. 

Historic  value  of  some  of  the  specimens.  Educational  value  as  a 
representation  of  the  nature  of  the  ores  met  with  at  great  depths  in 
the  largest  and  most  productive  silver  lode  yet  discovered. 

The  special  interest  attaching  to  the  specimens  from  the  lowest 
level  reached,  viz:  3,200  feet. 

The  exhibit  consists  of  a  collection  of  silver  ores  from  the  famous 
Comstock  lode,  included  in  which  are  a  number  of  characteristic 


20  WORLD'S  PAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

samples,  collected   by  Mr.    Mack  ay,   from   the  most    remunerative 
portions  of  the  lode,  during  its  most  successful  working. 
(Signed  :)  JOSEPH  E.  CARNE, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  11,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  42,  CLASS  291. 
Exhibit — Ores. 

AWARD. 

Excellence  of  a  collective  exhibit  by  the  State  of  Nevada.  The 
following  counties  are  represented :  Douglas,  Churchill,  Elko,  Es- 
meralda,  Humboldt,  Lyon,  Eureka,  Washoe,  Storey,  Lander,  Lin- 
coln, White  Pine,  Nye  and  Ormsby.  The  exhibits  consist  of  gold, 
silver,  copper,  mercury,  nickel  and  cobalt,  iron  and  antimony  ores. 
The  cinnabar  from' Steamboat  Springs,  Washoe  county,  is  of  especial 
interest.  It  is  shown  associated  with  free  sulphur,  and  impregnat- 
ing and  staining  a  coarse  quartz  grit.  The  nickel  and  cobalt 
deposit  is  reported  as  offering  considerable  promise  of  successful 
working. 

(Signed:)  JOSEPH  E.   CARNE, 

Individual  Judge. 

Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 

Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 

Dated  July  14,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  42,   CLASS  291. 
Exhibit — Ores. 

AWARD. 

The  beauty  and  interest  of  the  gold  specimens  and  the  richness  of 
some  of  the  silver  ores  displayed  in  a  collective  exhibit  from  Esme- 
ralda  county,  Nevada.  It  consists  of  gold,  silver  and  lead  ores. 
Some  of  the  gold  specimens  show  very  interesting  examples  of 
elongated  crystalline  forms  known  as  ' c  wire  gold  "  ;  others  occur 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS.  21 

associated  with  earth,  manganese  oxide,  ferric  oxide,  and  carbonate 
of  lead.  A  considerable  number  of  reef  quartz  specimens  are 
exhibited,  which  show  coarse  gold  in  exceeding  richness.  Samples 
from  a  recently-discovered  vein  in  the  Oest  mine,  Silver  City,  are 
almost  pure  gold.  It  is  reported  from  this  find  four  men  in  twenty- 
seven  days  extracted  gold  to  the  amount  of  $27,000. 

The  silver  ores  consist  of  ores  containing  native  silver  and  chlor- 
ide of  silver  and  argentiferous  galena. 

(Signed:)  JOSEPH  E.   CARNE, 

Individual  Judge. 

Approved:     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 

Approved :     JOHN  Bo  YD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 

Dated  July  16,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  42,  CLASS  291. 
Exhibit — Ruby  silver  ore. 

AWARD. 

Size,  beauty  and  richness  of  a  handsome  block  of  ruby  silver  ore 
weighing  one  hundred  and  eleven  pounds,  and  assaying,  according 
to  the  State  Commissioner,  $22,000  per  ton.  The  exhibit  contains 
a  number  of  small  specimens.  The  whole  are  from  the  Manhattan 
mine,  Austin,  Lander  county,  Nevada.  The  mine  has  been  in 
operation  for  over  twenty  years,  and  has  been  the  largest  producer 
of  ruby  silver  in  the  State. 

(Signed  :)  JOSEPH  E.  CARNE, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved:     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  11,  1894. 


Exhibitor — Lander  county. 

GROUP  42,  CLASS  291. 
Exhibit — Antimonial  ores. 

AWARD. 
High  percentage  of  antimony,  and  being  an  important  industry 


WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

of  the  State,  as  shown  by  several  specimens,  ore  being  over  a  ton  in 
weight,  representing  the  Big  Creek  mines. 

(Signed :)  WM.  IRELAN,  JR. 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  11,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

GROUP  48,  CLASS  320. 
Exhibit — Collection  of  sodas,  salts,  etc. 

AWARD. 

A  large  and  beautiful  case  of  borax,  soda,  and  other  mineral  salts 
and  sulphur  found  so  abundantly  in  Nevada. 

The  exhibit  is  made  by  the  State  as  a  collective  one  and  is  repre- 
sentative, large  and  excellent,  as  shown  by  the  foregoing  analysis : 

Bicarbonate  of  soda — Bicarb,  soda,  98.24  per  cent.  ;  carb.  soda, 
trace. 

Rock  salt — Insoluble  matter,  0. 25  per  cent.  ;  moisture,  0. 50  per 
cent.  ;  traces  of  iodides,  bromides  and  potassium  found,  but  not 
determined ;  no  traces  of  lime,  magnesia  or  sulphate  found. 

Natural  sulphur — Non-volatile  mineral  matter,  0.05  per  cent.  ; 
non-volatile  organic  matter,  0.02  per  cent.  ;  moisture,  0.40  per 
cent.  ;  arsenic,  sulphurine,  and  chlorides  and  other  impurities  tested 
for  but  not  found;  sulphur  by  difference,  99.526  per  cent. 

Borax  (4  samples) — Soda  biborati,  44.94;  containing  47. 2  water. 
84.99.  Sodium  biborati,  47.15;  containing  47.2  water,  89.22. 
Sodium  biborati,  46.71;  containing  47.2  water,  88.40.  Sodium 
biborati,  46.96  ;  containing  47.2  water,  88.81. 

Soda  ash — Total  alkali  expressed  as  carb.  soda,  79.97;  alkali 
present  as  carb.  soda,  77.21. 

Water  (Inyo  Development  Company) — Sodium  carb.,  1,026.82 
grs.  per  gal.,  or  1.044  per  cent.  ;  sodium  bicarbonate,  1,150.84  grs. 
per  gal.,  or  1.23  per  cent. 

(Signed :)  J.  D.  IMBODEN, 

Individual  Judge. 

Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 

Approved :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 

Dated  July  23,  1894. 


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Exhibitor — D.  Bonelli,  Rioville,  Nevada. 

GROUP  48,  CLASS  314. 
Exhibit — Rock  salt. 

AWARD. 

High  grade  (99.92)  of  samples  of  a  very  large  bed  of  the  material. 
(Signed:)  WM.  IRELAN,  JR., 

Individual  Judge, 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  TH ACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  13,  1894. 


Exhibitor — A.  Wise,  Winnemucca. 

GROUP  48,  CLASS  317. 
Exhibit — Sulphur  (native), 

AWARD. 

Its  high  percentage,  viz:     99.52  per  cent. 

(Signed :)  WM.  IRELAN,  JR.  , 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved  :     H.  M.  HOWE, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved  :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  July  13,  1894. 


Exhibitor — State  of  Nevada. 

Exhibit — Fossil  footprints  from  Carson. 

AWARD. 

A  painstaking  presentation  by  means  of  specimens,    diagrams, 
etc.,  of  the  discovery  of  footprints. 

(Signed:)  F.  W.   TRUE, 

Individual  Judge. 
Approved:     W.  F.  TERRY, 

President  Department  Committee. 
Approved :     JOHN  BOYD  THACKER, 

Chairman  Executive  Committee  on  Awards. 
Dated  April  23,  1894. 


24  WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

In  many  instances  where  the  exhibit  was  individual,  the  copy  of 
the  award,  similar  to  those  just  enumerated,  was  forwarded  to  the 
individual,  consequently  the  Commissioner  has  not  the  data  apper- 
taining to  such  award. 

The  Multimotor  Company  exhibited,  under  the  able  management 
of  Captain  Griffin  of  Reno,  one  of  their  air  motors.  It  was  promi- 
nently located  in  Department  A  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture, 
in  the  section  known  as  the  "  City  of  Windmills,"  and  received 
much  comment  favorable  to  its  becoming  prominent. 

The  exhibit  of  pomaceous  fruits  was  not  in  Department  B  of 
Horticulture,  as  indicated  by  diploma,  but  in  Department  A  of  Agri- 
culture. Attention  was  called  by  the  National  Commissioners  to  it, 
and  the  judges  in  Department  B,  receiving  special  jurisdiction  from 
the  National  Board,  visited  the  exhibit  in  Department  A,  and,  upon 
carefully  testing  same,  extended  the  highest  award.  The  Commis- 
sioners had  no  similar  occurrence  brought  to  their  notice,  and  it 
proved  most  gratifying  to  them,  tending  fully  to  illustrate  the  excel- 
lence of  the  exhibit.  They  were  later  advised  of  the  shipment  of 
twenty-nine  carloads  of  apples  during  the  fall  months  preceding  the 
fair. 

The  building  stones  and  marble  of  Nevada  were  exhibited  in 
Group  44  and  were  competitive.  The  highest  award  was  issued  for 
an  exhibit  of  sky-blue  marble.  This  proved  the  only  marble  of  its 
kind  on  exhibit,  although  every  State  and  foreign  country  was  well 
represented. 

In  several  instances  exhibits  were  extended  to  the  California 
World's  Fair  Commissioners  for  competition,  the  parties  owning 
same  fearing  Nevada  would  not  be  represented.  Two  of  them  being 
of  such  an  important  nature,  attention  was  called  to  them  by 
Nevada's  Commissioners,  one  being  a  solid  piece  of  antimony  weigh- 
ing over  three  tons,  extracted  in  Lander  county ;  the  other  a  repro- 
duction of  the  entire  system  of  underground  timbering 'on  the  great 
Comstock  lode,  which  received  the  highest  awards. 

Nevada  was  credited  for  having  captured  the  award  on  butter. 
This  exhibit  was  sent  from  the  Reno  creamery  in  care  of  an  experi- 
enced dairyman,  and  placed  in  the  Dairy  building  as  an  individual 
exhibit.  The  Commissioners  called  the  attention  of  the  Judges  to 
the  fact  that  Nevada  butter  was  being  shipped  to  Elgin,  Illinois. 
Upon  receipt  of  the  same,  a  telegram  was  sent  to  Governor  Colcord 
by  the  Dairymen's  Union,  stating  that  "Nevada  butter  was  gilt- 
edged." 

To  the  State  Board  World's  Fair  Commissioners  : 

As  the  lady  managers  were  very  desirous  that  Nevada  should  be 
represented  in  the  Woman's  Building,  they  appealed  to  the  ladies  to 
assist  in  a  collection  of  decorative  work  that  should  be  worthy  of 
exhibition.  The  response  was  enthusiastic  and  work  immediately 
began,  as  the  time  was  limited  to  four  weeks  before  the  opening  of 


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the  Fair.  In  the  meantime  the  lady  managers  corresponded  with 
the  Directors  of  the  Woman's  Building,  asking  for  space  in  the 
room  set  apart  for  the  display  of  State  decorative  work ;  also  to 
reserve  two  large  glass  cases  for  the  exhibit.  Nevada  having  been 
assigned  space  several  months  previous  and  not  accepting,  it  was 
difficult,  to  procure  room  at  this  late  hour.  However,  by  urging 
the  request  and  personal  interviews,  space  was  again  assigned. 

The  rules  of  the  Woman's  Building  required  each  State  to  install 
her  own  exhibits,  provide  a  personal  attendant,  pay  rent  for  cases, 
insure  exhibit,  pay  transportation  and  any  incidental  expense,  all 
of  which  was  to  be  met  by  the  appropriation  made  for  the  use  of 
woman's  work.  A  professional  packer  was  employed  at  the  close  of 
the  Fair.  The  rules  also  required  the  work  to  be  passed  upon  by  a 
committee  before  admittance,  which  necessitated  the  exhibit  being 
of  the  highest  standard.  The  exhibit  consisted  of  a  choice  selec- 
tion of  hand-painted  china,  point  and  applique  lace,  all  of  which 
was  admitted,  but  only  a  small  portion  was  put  in  competition  at 
the  owners'  request. 

The  cases,  which  were  placed  near  the  main  entrance,  were  draped 
in  light-blue  silk,  the  exhibits  arranged  most  artistically  and  attract- 
ively. The  display  of  woman's  work  of  Nevada  was  much  admired 
and  highly  commented  upon.  Awards  were  received  by  Miss  Ollie 
Bray  and  Mrs.  George  T.  Mills. 

Mrs.  Potter  Palmer,  President  of  the  Board  of  Lady  Managers, 
wrote  the  following  letter  to  Mrs.  C.  P.  N.  Smith  of  Reno  in  com- 
mendation of  her  exquisite  lace  work : 

My  dear  Mrs.  Smith : 

I  write  to  express  my  admiration  of  the  beautiful  lace  work  which  you  have  had 
exhibited  in  the  Woman's  Building  during  the  summer.  The  delicate  execution  of 
this  work  elicited  the  utmost  admiration  from  all  who  saw  it.  Mrs.  Candace 
Wheeler  of  New  York,  an  artist  of  high  standing,  expressed  in  the  mcst  coidial 
manner  her  appreciation  of  this  charming  exhibit  upon  its  installation.  Permit 
me  to  thank  you  for  having  added  to  the  attractiveness  of  our  building,  and  believe 
me,  with  cordial  regards, 

Very  sincerely  yours, 

BERTHA  HONORE  PALMER, 

President  Board  Lady  Managers. 
Chicago,  November  17,  1893. 

From  the  appropriation  of  five  hundred  dollars  one  hundred  and 
four  dollars  and  sixty  cents  was  unexpended  and  placed  in  the  Gen- 
eral Fund. 

Most  respectfully, 

MRS.  M.  D.  FOLEY, 
MISS  LIDA  M.  RUSSELL. 

Meetings  were  held  when  opportunity  afforded  by  the  State  Board 
to  audit  all  accounts,  submit  statements  of  expenditures  to  the  State 
Board  of  Examiners  as  required  by  law  and  to  freely  discuss  all  mat- 
ters appertaining  to  the  exhibit  and  advancement  of  the  State's  wel- 
fare in  general.  Word  having  been  sent  through  the  Governor  that 
4-w 


26  WORLD'S  FAIR  COMMISSIONERS. 

the  State  anticipated  making  an  exhibit  at  the  Midwinter  Fair,  it  was 
resolved  b}^  the  Commission  that  every  effort  should  be  made  by  them 
in  assisting  to  make  it  creditable,  and  its  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair, 
together  with  all  paraphernalia  in  connection  with  it,  should  be 
extended.  It  was  ordered  the  Governor  should  be  so  advised. 

The  State  was  represented  in  the  National  Board  by  Commission- 
ers Russell  and  Haines  and  in  the  Board  of  National  Executive  Com- 
missioners by  Commissioner  Yerington.  The  National  Board  held 
meetings  at  specified  dates  during  the  Fair;  the  latter  organization 
met  every  Wednesday  afternoon  in  a  different  State  building.  These 
meetings  proved  most  beneficial  and  brought  in  close  contact  with 
each  other  every  State  and  Territory  in  the  Union. 

September  18th  having  been  designated  by  the  Governor  as 
"Nevada  Day,"  although  no  public  exercises  were  held,  the  exhibit 
was  profusely  covered  with  flowers,  flags  and  bunting.  All  who  visited 
us  on  that  occasion  were  treated  with  true  Nevada  hospitality.  It 
is  needless  to  say  it  was  taken  advantage  of  by  a  great  throng  of 
people.  Every  inducement  was  offered  by  the  management  to  have 
the  State  well  cared  for  on  that  occasion.  Festival  Hall  and  the 
Administration  Band  of  sixty  pieces  were  extended  to  the  State.  The 
Commission  sent  invitations  to  our  Representatives  in  Congress  to  be 
present  and  address  the  people,  but,  owing  to  matters  of  greater 
importance  to  our  State  occupying  their  entire  attention,  it  was 
impossible  for  them  to  comply. 

On  several  occasions  the  State  was  called  upon  to  render  assist- 
ance. In  contributing  to  the  fund  for  the  widows  of  the  brave  fire- 
men who  lost  their  lives  in  heroically  fighting  the  flames  that 
destroyed  the  immense  cold  storage  warehouse,  and  to  a  monument 
fund  in  recognition  of  their  heroism,  the  State  created  a  monument 
of  remembrance  in  the  hearts  of  many  in  the  great  "  White  City." 

In  closing  this  report  the  Commissioners  wish  to  extend,  in  behalf 
of  Nevada,  their  grateful  appreciation  for  the  courtesies  and  aid 
extended  them,  in  making  what  proved  a  most  interesting  and  val- 
uable exhibit,  to  the  Governor,  citizens,  State  officers,  members  of 
the  Faculty  of  the  University,  Warden  of  the  State  Prison,  trans- 
portation companies  and  the  press  of  Nevada ;  the  Director-General, 
chiefs  of  the  various  departments,  and  the  National  and  executive 
organizations  of  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition,  Hon.  Wm. 
Irelan,  Jr.,  of  California,  Hon.  T.  J.  Dougine  (formerly  of  Nevada) 
of  Chicago,  and  J.  D.  Ernst,  Assistant  Manager. 

Sincerely  trusting  our  efforts  will  at  an  early  day  be  manifested  in 
every  section  of  the  State, 

Most  respectfully, 

J.  W.  HAINES, 
GEORGE  RUSSELL, 
J.  A.  YERINGTON, 
State  Board  World's  Fair  Commissioners. 


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PRESS  COMMENTS. 

Here  is  a  striking  anomaly  that  forces  itself  upon  the  attention  of  the  millions  at 
the  World's  Fair:  No  State  in  the  Union  has  been  more  belittled  and  abused  than 
Nevada — no  State  in  the  Union  makes  a  more  complete  or  creditable  exhibit  of  the 
products  of  the  farm,  of  the  mine  and  of  the  natural  resources  than  this  same 
Nevada. 

This  anomaly  staggers  a  good  many  people  who  have  been  taught  to  believe  that 
Nevada  has  no  possible  future,  and  that  it  is  utterly  devoid  of  the  elements  which 
fit  a  community  for  Statehood.  The  truth  is  that  if  half  a  million  people  were  shut 
up  in  Nevada  to-morrow,  the  first  morning  of  the  twentieth  century  would  see  there 
a  great  State.  It  would  be  great  not  merely  in  one  line  of  production,  but  in  many. 
It  \yould  have  a  widespread  and  diversified  agricultural  industry,  more  profitable 
to  individuals  than  in  most  other  parts  of  the  world.  It  would  have  a  thriving 
mining  industry,  by  no  means  limited  to  one  class  of  production.  It  would  support 
a  score  of  manufacturing  industries  working  upon  raw  materials  taken  from  its 
mountains  and  farms.  It  would  have  many  new  lines  of  railroads  and  many  large 
towns.  The  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair  gives  the  lie  to  the  assertion  that  Nevada 
is  fit  only  for  a  cattle  range  and  a  mining  camp.  It  proves  beyond  all  question  that 
this  State  of  the  Sierras  is  capable  of  supporting  a  large  population,  of  developing  a 
well-rounded  and  prosperous  industrial  life,  and  of  adding  a  new  and  splendid 
territory  to  the  domain  of  civilization. — Irrigation  Age. 

NEVADA. — The  Age  has  no  apology  to  make  for  the  conspicuous  attention  devoted 
to  Nevada  in  the  pages  of  this  number.  Nevada  represents  one  extreme  of  existing 
conditions  in  the  arid  region.  Here  is  a  State  of  vast  extent,  filled  with  all  the  raw 
materials  of  wealth,  with  millions  of  acres  of  fertile  lands  and  ample  water 
resources  for  their  reclamation.  Some  people  are  so  obtuse  as  to  imagine  that  there 
is  no  future  for  such  a  State.  The  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair  proves  how  far  wrong 
this  opinion  is.  Nevada  has  been  very  backward  in  its  development,  but  capital 
and  population  will  inevitably  find  an  outlet  there  at  some  period  in  the  future.  It 
is  to  be  hoped  that  the  World's  Fair  will  have  a  favorable  effect  upon  the  fortunes 
of  Nevada.  It  is  with  the  desire  of  bringing  this  about  that  the  Age  takes  this 
opportunity  to  review  the  hopeful  aspects  of  the  State  arid  urge  its  claims  upon 
investors  and  home-seekers. — Irrigation  Age. 

A  writer  in  Current  Literature  says  that  the  best  of  all  the  mineral  exhibits  at 
the  World's  Fair  is  from  Nevada. — Irrigation  Age. 

Commissioner  Yerington  was  too  late  to  obtain  ground  floor  space  for  his  mining 
exhibit,  but  he  secured  a  conspicuous  position  in  the  gallery  of  the  Mining  Build- 
ing and  filled  it  with  a  wonderful  collection  of  Nevada's  mineral  product.  Every- 
thing in  the  broad  range  of  the  State's  mineral  resources  is  here  shown  to  splendid 
advantage.  There  has  just  been  received  and  placed  on  exhibition  specimens  of 
gold  from  the  Oest  mine  at  Silver  City,  Nev.,  where  four  men  recently  realized 
$24,000  in  the  yellow  metal  in  twenty-seven  days. — Irrigation  Age. 

Nevada's  mineral  display  covered  the  largest  area  of  any  State.— Bancroft's  His- 
tory of  the  Fair. 

Nevada's  exhibit  bids  fair  to  prove  a  dangerous  competitor  in  its  respective 
departments.— Chicago  Dispatch 

NEVADA'S  SURPRISE  PARTY. — Probably  the  greatest  surprise  of  all  at  the  Fair  is 
the  exhibit  from  Nevada. — Chicago  Press. 

Nevada  has  contributed  to  the  World's  Fair  some  remarkable  prehistoric  relics. 
— Chicago  Daily  Inter-Ocean. 

Until  the  Chronicle  published  its  special  article  a  few  days  ago.  it  was  hardly 
known  on  the  Pacific  slope  that  the  State  of  Nevada  was  represented  at  all  at  the 
World's  Columbian  Exposition,  and  yet  the  fact  is,  as  was  shown  by  the  article  in 
question,  that  our  neighbor  has  done  more  for  itself  than  many  larger  and  more 
pretentious  States  have  done  for  themselves. — San  Francisco  Chronicle. 

HURRAH  FOR  NEVADA. — The  State  of  Nevada  made  a  splendid  exhibit  at  the 
World's  Fair,  and  will  undoubtedly  reap  immense  benefits  by  the  advertising  it 
will  get  through  the  numerous  awards  it  has  secured. — Iiiyo  Index. 

We  are  pleased  Nevada  got  the  the  first  prize  for  butter. — San  Francisco  Report. 

Nevada's  exhibit  at  the  World's  Fair,  though  small,  is  attracting  a  good  deal  of 
attention. — Inyo  Independent. 

Nevada  sent  to  the  Word's  Fair  prehistoric  cosmic  records  of  incalculable  value. 
—New  York  World. 


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WORLD  S    FAIR    COMMISSIONERS. 


FINANCIAL    REPORT. 

RENO,  Nevada,  November  27,  1894. 
State  Board  of  Examiners,  Carson,  Nevada  : 

GENTLEMEN  :  In  accordance  with  the  Act  passed  by  the  Sixteenth 
Session  of  the  Legislature  creating  an  appropriation  of  $10,000  for 
the  purpose  of  making  an  exhibit  of  the  natural  and  industrial 
resources  of  the  State  at  the  Columbian  World's  Fair,  held  at  Jackson 
Park,  Chicago,  Illinois,  1893,  and  calling  upon  the  State  Board  of 
World's  Fair  Commissioners  to  make  a  report  to  your  honorable 
Board,  showing  the  amount  of  said  appropriation  expended,  we  take 
pleasure  in  presenting  the  same  for  your  approval. 

There  was  an  overdraft  of  $108  31.  A  final  report  will  also  be 
submitted,  showing  in  detail  the  exhibit,  with  the  gratifying  result 
of  its  having  obtained  thirty-three  highest  awards. 


Amount  expended  as  per  statement  ren- 
dered 

$3,756  79 

Maintaining  Agricultural  Exhibit 

$1,838  02 

Maintaining  Ethnological  Exhibit 

285  80 

Maintaining  Mining  Exhibit 

562  50 

Maintaining  Chemical  Exhibit 

271   90 

Maintaining  Special  Exhibit 

160  00 

Office  rent  and  expenses 

218  75 

Freight  and  express 

157  85 

Printing" 

253  20 

Celebrating  Nevada  Day  and  other  Na- 
tional days 

330  00 

J.  A.  Yerington  (statement  rendered)  

2,273  50 

6  351    52 

Total 

$10,108  31 

Amount  of  appropriation 

10,000  00 

Overdraft 

$108  31 

Most  respectfully  submitted, 

J.  A.  YERINGTON, 
Chairman  Nevada  State  Board  World's  Fair  Commissioners. 


WORLD  S    FAIR    COMMISSIONERS. 


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Statement  of  J.  A.  Yerington,  Executive  Commissioner. 


July,  1893. 

Report  on  Mineral  Exhibit,  classification  __i $75  00 

Report  on  Mineral  Exhibit,  stenographer 15  00 

Report  on  Mineral  Exhibit,  E.  G.  Morrison 40  00 

Report  Board  of  Awards,  Mining  Exhibit 6  50 

Mineral  Exhibit,  Chemical  Laboratory 42  00 

Executive  Board,  World's  Fair  Commissioners 36  00 

Executive  badge 20  00 

Miscellaneous,  individual  expenses 97  75 

August,  1893. 

American  Exhibitors  Band,  Agricultural  Exhibit 10  00 

Reception,  Chief  Buchanan 20  00 

American  Exhibitors  Association 5  00 

Miscellaneous  expenses 41  00 

September,  1893. 

'Executive  Board,  World's  Fair  Commissioners 18  00 

Miscellaneous  expenses 63  25 

October,  1893. 

Fund  (Fireman's  relief) 25  00 

Monument 5  00 

Miscellaneous  expenses 63  53 

November,  1893. 

Exhibitor's  car 50  00 

Hauling  exhibit 27  50 

Extra  labor,  packing 70  00 

B.  &  0.,  switching 3  50 

Expressage 13  00 

Stenographer 25  00 

Stamps,  stationery,  etc 11  85 

Sundries 84  45 

Skiff  presentation 20  00 

Traveling  expenses : .    158  45 

Official  ribbons 26  72 

Total $1,073  50 

Salary  (eight  months  at  $150) 1,200  00 

Grand  total $2,273  50 


